Sentences with phrase «same votes in the district»

All three candidates are African - Americans hailing from Harlem, and presumably compete for the same votes in the district, which covers upper Manhattan and parts of the Bronx.

Not exact matches

At the Park Board meeting Monday night, commissioners voted to charge the western residents the same rates as those in the Joliet Park District.

Both candidates said they supported same sex marriage, and both were critical of Mr. LaValle's vote against the issue, in which he said the people of the district were «not ready» for it.

shall be submitted to and decided by the electors of the state; and in case a majority of the electors voting thereon shall decide in favor of a convention for such purpose, the electors of every senate district of the state, as then organized, shall elect three delegates at the next ensuing general election, and the electors of the state voting at the same election shall elect fifteen delegates - at - large.

As district leader, Mr. Wu in May voted to back John Choe for the same seat that Mr. Wu was and is running for.

Nevertheless, a TimesLedger check of turnout for recent elections in the same Assembly district showed that voting was higher in the September 2012 primary than the most recent primary election to date.

The two candidates involved in the lawsuit are LeAlan Jones, Green Party nominee, and Marcus Lewis, an independent who ran in the same district in 2012 and polled 13.44 % of the vote.

Twenty - six percent of Republicans in the district still say they're supporting McDonald, who also voted «yes» on same - sex marriage and faced a primary from the more conservative Marchione as a result.

Democratic challenger Mary Eisenstein, who ran unsuccessfully in 2013 when she captured 23 percent of the vote, was a close third behind Mr. Ghosio, with 25.33 percent of the vote in those same 18 election districts.

In the District of Columbia, the Catholic church and other backers of traditional marriage have lobbied the city's lawmakers and rallied to urge that citizens be able to vote on a same - sex marriage bill that is now being considered by the City Council and expected to be put to a final vote by members by the end of the year.

Before O'Brien's victory, the Rochester - area Senate district was in the hands of Sen. Jim Alesi, one of four Republicans who voted for the legalization of same - sex marriage in 2011, who declined to seek another two - year term.

That means that voters could wind up voting in the special election for someone who lives outside the newly created district and would not be eligible to seek the same seat in November 2012.

The National Organization for Marriage is sending the mailers around McDonald's district in Saratoga and Rensselaer counties, attacking his decision to vote in favor of a bill legalizing same - sex marriage.

Calling a special for the same day as the Republican presidential primary is a huge benefit to the Republicans because Republicans in the district will be coming out already to vote for Newt or Mitt or Ron Paul.

In a statement, Diaz says since the vote to legalize same sex marriage, Republicans have won special elections for legislative races, even in Democratic dominated districtIn a statement, Diaz says since the vote to legalize same sex marriage, Republicans have won special elections for legislative races, even in Democratic dominated districtin Democratic dominated districts.

They are pledged to vote for the same candidate that wins the primary in their district.

«I pledge to continue in the Senate with the same dedication and energy that I have shown in representing the people of the 87th Assembly District, who have returned me to office with overwhelming voting margins for three terms,» said Sepulveda.

(CNN)- Republican Doug Hoffman, who split the conservative vote in last year's special election for New York's 23rd congressional district handing the seat to a Democrat, has dropped out of this November's general election for the same seat.

Gipson was elected to the state Senate in the 41st District (most of Dutchess County, part of Putnam County) in 2012, ousting 20 - year - incumbent Steve Saland, R - Poughkeepsie, in a three - way race that also included Conservative Party candidate Neil DiCarlo, who challenged Saland on his crucial vote for same - sex marriage in New York.

When Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) won re-election in November, it was the first time the district voted for the same candidate two times in a row since former Rep. Jim Walsh represented the area.

But this year, he said, he had heard from 6,015 people in his district, of whom 4,839 wanted him to vote for same - sex marriage.

The 24th District race wouldn't be a close contest if the same people who voted in the presidential election in 2012 voted this year, Clinton said.

Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., who has voted against same - sex marriage, is facing 30 - year - old Elvin Garcia, who once served as Mayor de Blasio's LGBT liaison, in the district covering Soundview, Castle Hill and Parkchester.

This salary is of course being paid by the same taxpayers who a week ago voted to terminate numerous teachers in the Clarkstown School District and lay off over 50 Teaching Assistants.

The same game theory approach can produce fairer voting districts in US states, too

Whether we look at the 1997 elections, the 1999 elections, or the various bond elections, the answer is the same: in every case that allows a comparison, the teachers who live in a district but don't work there vote at lower rates than the teachers who both live and work there.

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

In Oakland, the district has voted to close a handful of schools, while at the same time, several charter petitioners are looking to open schools next year.

In a ruling released on December 9, Federal Judge Robert Shelby determined that the five voting districts must be adjusted to be roughly the same size.

That's where you come in: about 75 percent of education support professionals (ESPs) live, work, shop, and vote in the same school district...

As the year opened, the LA Unified Board of Education in the same week hired a new superintendent and unanimously voted to oppose a $ 490 - million draft plan from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation that sought to rapidly increase the number of charter schools in the city so that charters would encompass half the «market share» of the entire district.

In North Carolina, the legislature recently voted to increase teacher salaries and, at the same time, allocate dollars to support districts that pilot innovative compensation structures.

The equipment must create a paper ballot that records the vote cast, is retained in the same way as ordinary ballots and shows the name of the electoral district, the date of polling and the name of the printer.

(2) If an elector whose name appears on a polling list for the polling division where he or she resides has been appointed to act as a deputy returning officer, poll clerk or scrutineer at a polling place other than his or her own but in the same electoral district, an application may be made to the revising official for a certificate to vote at the other polling place.